Publisher's decorated cloth binding in dark blue (Krupp Net7) with blind-stamped decorative border on covers; gilt-stamped illustration reproduces plate before p. 95, "Scenes daily and hourly acting under the shadow of American law" (George relates to Mr. Wilson how he witnessed his older sister being beaten); gilt-stamped illustration on spine is a reduced version of plate before p. 193, "Field sports down south--coming in at the death" (depicts St. Clare's description of escaped slave, Scipio, chased and attacked by dogs and white men with rifles on horses); gilt-stamped title, publisher, and "40 illustrations" on spine; gilt edges; engraved frontispiece, added engraved t.p., and engraved illustrations throughout; coated yellow endsheets; sewn on two cloth tapes; Salisbury & Co., Printers

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